The education department will hold the Students’ Week 2026 from 1 to 8 January to foster life skills and 21-century skills and make them aware about student-centric schemes of the state government.
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The education department will hold the Students’ Week 2026 from 1 to 8 January to foster life skills and 21-century skills and make them aware about student-centric schemes of the state government.
The programme will be held for the fourth consecutive year in 2026.
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During the week, inclusive education will be emphasised along with landscape study for the students of classes VIII and IX. The students will be made aware about the environment through the ECO Club and Mission Life.
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The programme will be inaugurated tomorrow. On the second day, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will give best wishes to the students taking part in the week. Textbooks and notebooks will be distributed among the students. The students with visual impairment will be given Braille and large note books. The students will be made aware about the heritage of their schools along with maintenance of personal hygiene, sanitation and hand washing.
On the third day the teachers will meet the guardians on academic issues that include the ongoing school activity, holistic progress report card, e-content on Banglar Siksha Classroom, book corner, wall magazine, kitchen garden and the strategies to improve reading habit.
There will be intense campaign on the awareness of various social issues like health and safety, prevention of early marriage and drug abuse and sexual abuse of the students among others.
On the third day, students of higher secondary section will be given life skill education and community-based activities.
On the fourth day, there will be competitions on reading, writing, storytelling activities, poster making, debate, elocution, quizzes and yoga.
Day five will be dedicated to life skill education focusing on group skill activities and interactive sessions. There will be workshops for teachers and students on innovative teaching practices.
On the sixth day the students will be taken to some important centres in their respective areas along with cleanliness drives within schools and surrounding communities for prevention of vector-borne diseases.
On the seventh day the projects made by the students will be displayed along with food festivals, cultural programmes among others.
Sandip Banerjee, educationist, said: “The idea of celebration of Students’ Week matches the state education policy of the state government in the vision of diversity, unity, inclusiveness and quality. It connects the students to social order and helps them to improve life skills for healthy psychological development. The whole idea enhances the spirit of social awareness through creative participation.”
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